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Kipfenberg | |
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 Kipfenberg with the Kipfenberg Castle seen from northwest | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kipfenberg
within Eichstätt district  | |
 Location of Kipfenberg | |
  Kipfenberg  Kipfenberg | |
| Coordinates: 48°56′58″N 11°23′42″E / 48.94944°N 11.39500°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberbayern |
| District | Eichstätt |
| Subdivisions | 16 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Christian Wagner[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.43 km2 (31.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,767 |
| • Density | 70.82/km2 (183.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 85110 |
| Dialling codes | 08465 |
| Vehicle registration | EI |
| Website | www.kipfenberg.de |
Kipfenberg is a town and municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for its hillside castle and fortress, and for being the geographical centre of Bavaria. The river Altmühl flows through the municipality and its market town of Kipfenberg.
Franz Widnmann (1846–1910), painter, graphic artist, and professor at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich, was born at Kipfenberg.[3] Konrad Schumann (1942–1998), a former soldier for East Berlin hanged himself in an orchard in Kipfenberg.
Communities
[edit]| Community | Population |
| Kipfenberg | 1709 |
| Arnsberg | 325 |
| Attenzell | 241 |
| Biberg | 348 |
| Böhming | 599 |
| Buch | 174 |
| Dunsdorf | 188 |
| Grösdorf | 356 |
| Hirnstetten | 179 |
| Irlahüll | 250 |
| Kemathen | 036 |
| Krut | 065 |
| Oberemmendorf | 110 |
| Pfahldorf | 431 |
| Schambach | 060 |
| Schelldorf | 564 |
Mayors
[edit]| Years | Name | Party |
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| –1996 | Christian Weiß | CSU |
| 1996–2014 | Rainer Richter | SPD |
| since 2014 | Christian Wagner | SPD |
References
[edit]- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ↑ "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.
- ↑ Widnmann, Franz; Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Hans Vollmer (ed.), Waage–Wilhelmson, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig (1942), Thieme-Becker, Volume 35:, pp.521–522.
External links
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Media related to Kipfenberg at Wikimedia Commons
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